Lesson : Our Interconnected World

Overview

This lesson explores how events in one part of the world can have a global impact, taking the examples of the war in Syria, the Ebola crisis and fluctuating oil prices. It is suitable for upper KS2.

Cross-curricular links: Literacy, Geography, Art, IT

Learning Activities:

An investigation of where in the world everyday items are made

Writing a plea for peace to the General Secretary of the UN

Developing an illustrated pamphlet entitled ‘WHO Cares’ after looking at the work of the WHO

Creating posters from metaphors

Linked assembly:
This assembly uses the example of the villagers of Eyam, and a nurse who volunteered her services to fight Ebola in West Africa, to show how real generosity involves putting the needs of others before our own.

Contact

Young CitizensUniversal House,
88-94 Wentworth Street,
London E1 7SA.

Go-Givers is a programme from Young Citizens, an independent education and participation charity that encourages and enables young people to engage in democratic society.